Customs House, Customs Harbour Branch – Singapore

To provide the Green Wall system for the installation of a 2-storey high green wall that would serve as part of a decorative façade to hide unsightly building features.

Elmich Green Wall was installed together with wooden paneling on both sides of it to effectively hide a utility stairway. The green wall enhances the aesthetic of the façade and also provides shade for the stairway. The unique set up of this installation allows the rear of the green wall, including the drip irrigation system installed, to be accessible and conveniently maintained from the stairway behind the green wall.

HDB HUB Exhibition Gallery – Singapore

To install indoor green wall panels along the spiral stairway leading from the basement gallery to the building’s first storey.

Elmich Vertical Greening Modules (VGMs) were pre-planted in a nursery environment with plants suitable for indoor green wall installation. This ensures that the plants are firmly established and sufficiently pre-oriented to growing out of a vertical environment. The VGMs are anchored onto pilasters secured along the wall of the spiral staircase to form poster-like green wall panels.

A drip irrigation system is incorporated in the system and drainage trays placed below the base of the panels to collect and channel excess water. Artificial lighting, installed on the opposite facing wall and directed at the grren wall, provides the plants with adequate light for healthy plant growth.

The green wall poster-panels help to publicise the Housing Development Boards efforts in promoting the greening of Singapores public housing estates.

Marina Bay City Gallery – Singapore

To provide two indoor green wall panels in the City Gallery, behind the reception counter and the Marina Bay table model.

Elmich Green Wall System was specified for this project. About four months before the system was scheduled to be installed, pre-planting using the Vertical Greening Modules (VGMs), geotextile bag and soil-less lightweight planting media was done at a nursery. This allows firm establishment and pre-orientation of specially selected indoor plants to a vertical format prior to installation. On site, the VGMs are secured in metal support frames and mounted onto pilasters fastened to the wall.

A drip irrigation system is incorporated in the system and a drainage gully installed at the base of the walls to collect and channel excess water. Artificial lighting is provided above the walls to provide the plants with an adequate source of light for healthy plant growth.

A distinctive design feature of the green walls is the flat beams on the walls that artistically connect the lines formed by the supporting pillars of the second floor. This creates a visual flow of lines between the first and second floors.

Hotel Michael, Resorts World Sentosa – Singapore

To provide a 3-storey high Green Wall system to be installed along the beverage alley, which serve patrons of the Casino located within Hotel Michael.

Anchoring pilasters were installed directly onto the wall for the installation of nine 3-storey high green walls, alternating between water features, along the beverage alley beside the Hotel. To allow selected plants to be firmly established, VGMs comprising a geotextile bag filled with soil-less lightweight planting media were pre-planted in a nursery environment. On site, the VGMs were secured in metal support frames and mounted onto the pilasters, with a drip irrigation system installed. The VGM modular green wall system allows individual modules to be dismounted and remounted, facilitating easy maintenance and replacement.

The green walls keep the ambient temperature along the alley cool and provide an aesthetically pleasing green ambience to an otherwise concrete narrow build-up area.

Raffles Dubai Hotel – Dubai UAE

To provide sub-soil drainage for the landscape roof garden of the hotel complex.

VersiCell sub-soil drainage cells were positioned over the prepared grounds of the roof followed by a geotextile filter fabric layer and then the planting soil. The cavity provided by the drainage cells facilitates the efficient drainage of water preventing water-logging and promoting healthy plant growth in the elaborate roof garden of the Hotel.

15 Joan Road – Singapore

To provide extensive planting system to enable planting on top of existing car park polycarbonate shelter in short lead time.

An aluminium sheet was installed over the rooftop to reinforce the polycarbonate rooftop to accept installation of the MEP^® Trays. The lightweight and robust MEP^® Trays were pre-planted in a nursery environment prior to installation. By using locally sourced plant species selected for their hardiness, colour and height in individual trays, desired designs and patterns were easily achieved.

The self-contained trays with water storage compartments and a capillary wick system support sustained plant growth with minimal maintenance. The system includes a support plate with anti-root overflow outlet covers, capillary wicks, geotextile filter, confinement grid, joining and fastening pegs, and a drainage network consisting of base connectors and drainage pipes installed independent of the trays. Rodent barriers were installed at the corners of the perimeter trays to prevent rodent pests from infesting the space between trays.

MEP^® Tray facilitates the almost instant greening of rooftops and allows associated benefits of the green roof to be immediately realised.

Republic Polytechnic, Singapore

To provide waterproofing membrane protection and efficient sub-soil drainage under the landscaped roof areas on the 20ha site of the campus.

VersiCell lightweight interlocking modules, positioned over the waterproofing membrane, offers immediate protection for the membrane whilst other installation works were carried out. High compressive strength of the modules made it possible for light machinery to be placed on top without compromising the membrane below. A geotextile filter fabric is installed over the VersiCell and planting soil placed on top. The drainage cells provide the necessary cavity beneath the planted areas to efficiently discharge excess sub-soil water and prevent water-logging on the landscape roof. The resultant lush greenery on the campus grounds has earned the Polytechnic the nickname of “Campus in the Park”.

HDB Car Park – Holland Drive, Singapore

To facilitate planting on the RC rooftop of the Car Park to provide a Green Roof both attractive and effective in reducing urban heat island effect.

VersiDrain 25P drainage and water retention trays were installed over the waterproofing membrane. Geotextile filter fabric was then laid over the VersiDrain 25P and a lightweight inorganic planting media, EnviroMix GR, positioned on top followed by in-situ planting of various colourful drought tolerant plant species arranged in attractive patterns. Water retained by the trays during wet periods is returned to the planting media by capillary action during dry spells and drawn upon by the plants to sustain vigorous and healthy growth.

HDB Car Park – Punggol, Singapore

To facilitate planting on the RC rooftop of the Car Park to provide a Green Roof that is attractive and offers effective thermal insulation to reduce urban heat island effect.

VersiDrain 25P drainage and water retention trays were installed over the waterproofing membrane. Geotextile was then laid over the VersiDrain 25P and EnviroMix GR lightweight inorganic planting media positioned evenly on top followed by planting of various drought tolerant and colourful plant species arranged in attractive patterns. Water retained by the trays during wet periods is returned to the planting media by capillary action during dry spells to maintain healthy plants.

West Coast Plaza – Singapore

To provide modular vertical greening system for 4 in-door green walls at the car park on the 2^nd floor of the shopping centre.

Anchoring pilasters and a drip irrigation system to deliver water and nutrients to the plants were installed onto the 4 wall panels. Pre-planted VGMs, each comprising a geotextile bag filled with lightweight planting media and encased in metal support frames were mounted onto the pilasters. Artificial lighting was installed to supply the light source for sustaining plant growth in an indoor environment and a shallow metal trough placed beneath each wall to collect and drain away excess water.